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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Angola national football team.

Angola
Nickname(s)Welwitschias
AssociationAngolan Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coachLurdes Lutonda
CaptainNone
Top scorerIrene Gonçalves (33)
Home stadiumOmbaka National Stadium
FIFA codeANG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 148 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest82 (December 2003)
Lowest148 (September 2015)
First international
 South Africa 3–1 Angola 
(South Africa; 7 January 1995)
Biggest win
 Angola 4–0 Mozambique 
(Malanje, Angola; 3 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
 South Africa 6–2 Angola 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 1 February 2004)
 South Africa 4–0 Angola 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 4 February 2007)
 Eswatini 4–0 Angola 
(Ibhayi, South Africa; 3 August 2019)
African Women's Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1995)
Best resultSemi-Finalist: 1995

The Angola women's national football team represents Angola in international women's football and it is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation. Their best place on the FIFA Rankings was the 82nd place, in December 2003. The only tournaments that they qualified were the 1995 and 2002 African Women's Championships, and their best finish was as Semi-Finalists in the 1995 tournament. Angola has, in contrast to many other African countries, has never suffered a heavy defeat. They have seldom lost by more than two goals.

Angola finished in third place at the African Championship in 1995. Angola also qualified for the Championship in 2002, where they beat Zimbabwe and South Africa, but lost to Cameroon by one goal. Since then, Angola have not qualified for the championships.

During qualification for the 2008 Olympics, Angola did not get any further than the first round, where they lost to Ghana. However, they did reach the final of the COSAFA Cup, where they met South Africa, who beat them 3–1.

History

Main article: History of the Angola women's national football team

Beginnings

Angola played their first game against South Africa on 7 January 1995, losing 3–1.

1995 African Women's Championship

Angola entered the 1995 African Women's Championship, against Cameroon, but it withdrew, thus Angola advanced by Walkover and in the Second Round, they played their first official match on the first leg of the Second Round, against South Africa on 7 January 1995; in where they lost by 3–1. The second leg, was a 3–3 draw at home. These results provoked the elimination of Angola due to a 6–4 aggregate, but the Welwitschias ended as Semi-Finalists, along with Ghana.

2002 African Women's Championship

Angola participated in the 2002 African Women's Championship qualifiers, against Equatorial Guinea. Both legs were won 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Second Round matches where against Congo DR and First leg was won 1-0 and Second leg was lost also by 1-0, but won in penalties by 5-4 and qualified for the tournament who was held in Nigeria.

This time Angola was along with Zimbabwe, South Africa and Cameroon. The first match was against Zimbabwe and ended on a 1–1 draw with goal of the captain Irene Gonçalves at the 16 minutes. The same result occurred on the Second match against South Africa, but this time with goal of Jacinta Ramos at the 75 minutes. Last match was lost against Cameroon by 1–0 in a late Cameroonian goal at the 89 minutes, leaving Angola out of the tournament and the World Cup.

2006 African Women's Championship

The Welwitschias played the 2006 African Women's Championship/2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea in First round, winning 3–2 in the first leg, but losing 3–1 in the second leg, and losing in aggregate by 5–4. Angola did not reach both the 2006 African Women's Championship or the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup who was held in China PR.

2007 All-Africa Games

Angola entered for the first time to the All-Africa Games Football tournament, in the qualifiers for the 2007 edition in Algeria. Their rival was South Africa. They won the first leg by 3–2 and lost the second by 4–0, ending with an aggregate of 6–3, thus being eliminated from the tournament.

2008 Olympic Games

The Welwitschias debuted on the Olympic Games football tournament qualifiers in the edition of 2008 edition, celebrated in China PR. Angola's first rival was Tanzania, but it withdrew; thus Angola advanced by walkover. In the Second Round, Angola played against Ghana, losing both matches by 2–1 and 2–0, ending with an aggregate of 4–1.

2010 African Women's Championship

Again, the team entered the 2010 African Women's Championship/2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers in the CAF First Round against Namibia and lost the First leg 2–1, leading 1–0 in the half-time, with goal of Irene Gonçalves at the 37 minutes. The Second leg was a 1–1 draw,[2] when it was winning 1–0, again with a goal of Irene Gonçalves at the 51 minutes. Angola did not qualify for either both tournaments.

2011 All-Africa Games

Angola failed to qualify to the 2011 All-Africa Games, celebrated in Mozambique, after losing in aggregate to Zimbabwe by 3–1, after drawing 1–1 and lose 2–0. Also these matches were the last matches that Angola played to the date.

2012 Olympic Games

Despite being one year after the 2011 All-Africa Games, the 2012 Olympic Games Football Tournament qualification of Africa was held 4 months before the 2011 All-Africa Games qualifiers. Angola was paired with Namibia once again in a qualification round. They draw both matches by 2–2 and 0–0 respectively, but they lost due to the Away goals rule. Angola was eliminated of the tournament who took place in Great Britain

2014 African Women's Championship

Angola did not entered for the 2014 African Women's Championship/2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers, who was held in Namibia in Autumn 2014.

Home stadium

The Angola women's national football team plays their home matches on the Estádio Nacional de Ombaka.

Honours

Regional

Runners-up: 2008

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did Not Enter
Sweden 1995 Did Not Qualify
United States 1999 Did Not Enter
United States 2003 Did Not Qualify
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015 Did Not Enter
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To Be Determined
Total 0/9 - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
United States 1996 Did Not Enter
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Did Not Qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2021
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0

Africa Women Cup of Nations record

Africa Women Cup of Nations finals
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1991 Did Not Enter
1995 Semi-Finals 2 0 1 1 4 6
Nigeria 1998 Did Not Enter
South Africa 2000
Nigeria 2002 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 2 3
South Africa 2004 Did Not Enter
Nigeria 2006 Did Not Qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2008 Did Not Enter
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2012 Did Not Enter
Namibia 2014
Cameroon 2016
Ghana 2018
2020 Cancelled
Total Semi Finalist 5 0 3 2 6 9

African Games record

African Games
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
Nigeria 2003 Did Not Enter
Algeria 2007 Did Not Qualify
Mozambique 2011
Republic of the Congo 2015 Did Not Enter
Morocco 2019 Did Not Qualify
Ghana 2023 To Be Determined
Total 0/6 0 0 0 0 0 0

Honours

African Women's Championship

  • Semi-Finalist: (1) 1995

COSAFA Women's Championship

  • Runners-up: (1) 2008

Coaching staff

As of November 2020

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Lurdes Lutonda

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship. The final squad was announced on 23 October 2020.[3][4][5]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Domingas Kinanga Angola Paulo FC
12 1GK Rita José Angola Tchapesseca
20 1GK Sandrina António Angola Esperança
2 2DF Indira Luis Angola 1º de Agosto
3 2DF Helena Sassoma Angola 1º de Agosto
5 2DF Matondo Matuvova Angola Esperança
13 2DF Fátima Faria Angola Kilamba City
15 2DF Lucinda Domingos Angola 1º de Agosto
18 2DF Henriqueta Serrote Angola 1º de Agosto
4 3MF Lídia Lubano Angola Esperança
6 3MF Sara Luvunga Angola 1º de Agosto
8 3MF Francisca Gaspar Angola Kilamba City
10 3MF Ana Afonso Angola Kilamba City
7 4FW Cristina Makua Angola Esperança
9 4FW Laurinda Maote Angola 1º de Agosto
11 4FW Nsimba Ngoy Angola Esperança
14 4FW Biatriz Augusto Angola Kilamba City
16 4FW Fernanda Teixeira Angola Paulo FC
17 4FW Tereza Evaristo Angola Paulo FC
19 4FW Argentina Jorge Angola Kilamba City

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Angola squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Previous squads

COSAFA Women's Championship

Individual records

Main article: List of Angola women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Managers

Results and fixtures

Main article: Angola women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2020

5 April 2020 (2020-04-05) Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification Angola  Cancelled  Congo
--:-- UTC+1 Cancellation
13 April 2020 (2020-04-13) Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification Congo  Cancelled  Angola
--:-- UTC+1 Cancellation
3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) COSAFA Women's Championship South Africa  2–0  Angola Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
15:30
Report
6 November 2020 (2020-11-06) COSAFA Women's Championship Comoros  1-1  Angola Wolfson Stadium, Ibhayi
12:30 Haoudadji 83' Report Makua 66'
9 November 2020 (2020-11-09) COSAFA Women's Championship Angola  4–3  Eswatini Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth
15:30
Report

Head-to-head records against other teams

Statistics correct as of 23 June 2014

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Cameroon 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
 DR Congo 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
 Equatorial Guinea 4 3 0 1 10 6 +4
 Ghana 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3
 Mozambique 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Namibia 5 1 3 1 7 5 +2
 São Tomé and Príncipe 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2
 South Africa 7 2 2 3 13 21 −8
 Eswatini 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Zimbabwe 7 1 3 3 4 8 -4
Total 31 11 8 12 46 48 −2

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Angola empata e é eliminada pela Namíbia". ANGOP (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "COSAFA: Convocada pré-selecção Sénior Feminina" [COSAFA: Called for pre-selection for Senior Women] (in Portuguese). Angolan Football Federation. 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Esta é a lista definitiva das convocadas para o torneio da COSAFA de 2020 em feminino" [This is the definitive list of the squad for the 2020 COSAFA tournament for women.]. Facebook (in Portuguese). Angolan Football Federation. 24 October 2020.
  5. ^ "South Africa 2-0 Angola". COSAFA. 3 November 2020.
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